OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14447999
TELECOM WORK,DITCH,SLIP,SLIPPERY SURFACE,DROWN,COMMUNICATION WORKER
Event description
DROWNED IN A DRAINAGE DITCH
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 17,1984 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CROSSING A "SWAMP" TO R EPAIR A DOWNED TELEPHONE LINE. HE WAS FOLLOWING THE DOWNED TELEPHONE LINE TO THE NEXT TELEPHONE POLE. AT APPROXIMATELY 50-75 FEET INTO THE "SWAMP", EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED INTO A 8 TO 10 FOOT DRAINAGE DITCH DROPOFF AND DROWNED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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